The teams advancing to the 11th Region tournament are Lexington
Catholic, Lafayette, Madison Central, Franklin County, Woodford County, Model,
Tates Creek, and Lexington Christian Academy. The first round games will
be played at the home of the district champions. The semifinals and
championship game will be played at McBrayer Arena on the campus of Eastern
Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky.

Lexington Catholic scored 37 points off 33 Lafayette turnovers in a 68-39
victory. Lexington Catholic shot 39.3% from the field, connected on 18 of
24 free throws, and pulled down 32 rebounds. The Lady Knights held a 22-8
advantage in bench scoring. Lafayette shot 33.3% from the field, was 16
of 19 from the free throw line, and grabbed 29 rebounds.

Lexington Catholic was led tonight by Nikki Davis with 18 points, all
in the first half. Davis also dished out seven assists. Anaris
Sickles added 12 points and 5-9 Fr. Natalie Novosel chipped in with
nine points, nine rebounds, and four assists. Keyla Snowden also
recorded nine points. Cassandra Lawson led Lafayette with 12
points. Que’ Christian and Lori Colson scored eight
points each and Colson pulled down seven rebounds.

Woodford County took advantage of 33 Model turnovers on their way to an
83-45 victory. Woodford County led 40-28 at halftime but blew the game
open in the third quarter as they outscored Model 24-8. The victors were
led tonight by 5-9 Sr. Destiny Mattingly with 35 points. Mattingly
was 14 of 32 from the field, connecting on four of eight from beyond the
arc. Mattingly was three of four from the free throw line.
5-6 8th grader Lyndsay Jones paced Model with 17
points. Jr. Kendra Ritter and So. Lauren Heath added 12 and
11 points respectively.

Franklin County scored 29 points off 23 Madison Central turnovers in a 62-42
victory. Franklin shot 35.8% from the field, connected on 20 of 34 free
throws, and pulled down 41 rebounds. Madison Central shot 27.3% from the
field, was 15 of 26 from the free throw line, and grabbed 35 rebounds.

Lexington Christian Academy’s Emily London scored her
team’s last six points including two acrobatic shots in the lane to give
her team a thrilling 40-39 victory. LCA took a 9-1 lead at the end of the
first quarter as Tates Creek was an ice cold one of 14 from the field. Tates
Creek scrapped back to pull within five, 19-14, at the half. LCA took a
28-19 lead in the third quarter but Tates Creek again scrapped back to tie the
score 32-32 in the fourth quarter. The lead changed several times in the
closing minutes before London hit the winning basket with 18 seconds
remaining in the game. Tates Creek had one last opportunity but could not
get off a shot.

Tates Creek shot 47.2% from the field including a torrid 76.5% in the second
half. They connected on 21 of 29 free throws, and pulled down 23
rebounds. Lexington Christian Academy shot 43.6% from the field, was 17
of 25 from the free throw line, and grabbed 26 rebounds.

Lexington Catholic scored 51 points off 32 Franklin County turnovers in an
84-30 victory. The Lady Knights shot 48.5% from the field, connected on
15 of 18 free throws, and pulled down 47 rebounds. They also held a 31-6
advantage in bench scoring. Franklin County shot 24.4% from the field,
was eight of 15 from the free throw line, and pulled down 25 rebounds.

Lexington Christian Academy overcame a 14 point deficit in the first hafl to
defeat Woodford County 59-52 and snap the Yellowjackets 29 game winning
streak. LCA took a 50-42 lead in the fourth quarter before Woodford
County rallied to within one, 50-49, but LCA outscored them 9-3 down the
stretch to gain the victory.

Lexington Christian Academy shot 44.2% from the field, including seven of 13
from the three point line. The Lady Eagles connected on 14 of 18 free
throws, pulled down 35 rebounds, and outscored Woodford County 10-1 from the
bench players. Woodford County shot 31.3% from the field, including 10 of
30 from beyond the arc. They connected on 12 of 19 from the free throw
line, and pulled down 28 rebounds.

Leah Anderson led Lexington Christian Academy with 15 points, 10
rebounds, five assists, and three steals. Emily London and Kayla
Yates added 14 and 12 points respectively. 6-1 Jr. Kirby Barkhart
came off the bench to add nine points and six rebounds. Destiny
Mattingly led Woodford County with 23 points including five three point
baskets. Brittany Henderlight added 14 points. Amber
Penny only scored one point but she pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds.

Lexington Catholic survived a determined Lexington Christian Academy team to
claim a 44-32 victory. The first half featured more turnovers (37) than
points (24) as Lexington Catholic struggled to a 15-9 lead. Lexington
Catholic went on a 9-0 run to open up a 24-9 lead but LCA rallied in the final
quarter to pull within five, 32-27, but could not further narrow the gap.

Lexington Catholic shot 37.1% from the field, connected on 18 of 23 free
throws, and pulled down 22 rebounds. Lexington Catholic scored 21 points
off 35 Lexington Christian Academy turnovers and held a 10-0 advantage in bench
scoring. Lexington Christian Academy shot 37.9% from the field, was seven
of nine from the free throw line, and grabbed 24 rebounds. Lexington
Catholic committed 24 turnovers but LCA could only capitalize for nine
points.

Keyla Snowden led the victors were led tonight with 10 points. Shannon
Novosel added eight points and eight rebounds, while Anaris Sickles
also recorded eight points. Nikki Davis chipped in with six
points, five rebounds, five assists, and five steals. Kayla Yates
paced Lexington Christian Academy with 17 points on six of seven from the field
including three of three from the three point line and two of three from the
free throw line. Leah Anderson added eight points.

MVP

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to David Parke and Hugh Davis of Eastern Kentucky University
for the hospitality extended me during my visit. Also a big thanks to Hugh
Davis, Glenn Gentry, Gary Long, and the WL stats crew for the computer
statistics provided for selected games.

Please feel free to send your comments and questions concerning the
tournament, teams, or players to me at prephoops@yahoo.com .